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How the Scanner Works

The whole thing takes about a minute. Here is the full run-through, from loading the lab to exiting the full-screen scan.

  1. 1. Open the laboratory

    Load the site on a laptop or tablet. The lab loads with a rotating wheel of foods on the left and the scanner machine on the right.

  2. 2. Pick a food or habit

    Drag a bubble — pizza, chocolate, chips, broccoli — out of the spinning wheel.

  3. 3. Drop it into the scanner

    Release the bubble over the glowing green slot on the machine. The lab zooms in and the scan begins.

  4. 4. Scan your child

    The video goes full screen. Hold the screen near your child's belly and move the mouse across it like a scanner wand.

  5. 5. Use the controls

    Left-click rewinds a moment so you can replay the reveal. Right-click pauses and resumes. Escape exits the scan.

  6. 6. Follow with a good-food scan

    Run the carrot or broccoli scan straight after so the child sees the happy result too.

There is also a short video walkthrough linked from the tutorial panel inside the lab if you would rather watch someone do it first.